PMID- 10818152 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000615 LR - 20191023 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 11 DP - 2000 Jun 1 TI - Insulin-like growth factor I stimulates dendritic growth in primary somatosensory cortex. PG - 4165-76 AB - The temporal and spatial distributions of several growth factors suggest roles in the regulation of neuronal differentiation in the neocortex. Among such growth factors, the insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and -II) are of particular interest because they are available to neurons from multiple sources under independent control. IGF-I is produced by many neurons throughout the brain and also by cells in the cerebral vasculature. IGF-II is found at high levels in the CSF, and both IGF-I and IGF-II cross the blood-brain barrier. Thus, the IGFs may act as both paracrine and endocrine regulators of neuronal development. As an initial step toward understanding the influence of IGFs in the developing cerebral cortex, the present study examined the effects of IGF-I and of the neurotrophins brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) on the dendritic complexity of layer 2 pyramidal neurons. The results demonstrate that IGF-I increased the branching and total extent of both apical and basal dendrites of pyramidal cells in organotypic slices of rat primary somatosensory cortex. BDNF and NT-3 also enhanced dendritic development, but the two neurotrophins increased the extent of only basal, not apical, dendrites and promoted greater elongation than was seen after IGF-I treatment. These results provide direct evidence that IGF-I can regulate the dendritic elaboration of cortical neurons and indicate that endogenous IGFs may influence dendritic differentiation and the formation of cortical connections. In addition, IGF-dependent regulation of dendritic structure may represent a link between age-related declines in IGFs and cognitive deficits seen in senescence. FAU - Niblock, M M AU - Niblock MM AD - Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Program in Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1010, USA. FAU - Brunso-Bechtold, J K AU - Brunso-Bechtold JK FAU - Riddle, D R AU - Riddle DR LA - eng GR - P01 AG011370/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - 1 PO1 AG 11370/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Neurotrophin 3) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Size MH - Dendrites/*drug effects/ultrastructure MH - Female MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*pharmacology MH - Neurotrophin 3/pharmacology MH - Organ Culture Techniques MH - Pyramidal Cells/drug effects/ultrastructure MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Somatosensory Cortex/cytology/drug effects/*growth & development MH - Stimulation, Chemical PMC - PMC6772633 EDAT- 2000/05/20 00:00 MHDA- 2000/06/17 00:00 PMCR- 2000/12/01 CRDT- 2000/05/20 00:00 PHST- 2000/05/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/17 00:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/05/20 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 20/11/4165 [pii] AID - 4191 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-11-04165.2000 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2000 Jun 1;20(11):4165-76. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-11-04165.2000.